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German union backs ‘reality check’ on energy planning

Added: 26 Sep 2025

IGBCE: Report "remorselessly exposes the problems of the energy transition in the past” 

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

ETRMA calls for ‘real simplification’ as EUDR faces further delay

Added: 25 Sep 2025

Tire & rubber industry association urges due diligence obligations to end with the “first placer” o…

Enviro advances large-scale waste tire pyrolysis plant in Sweden

Added: 25 Sep 2025

Main process equipment delivered and installed at Uddevalla site on schedule

Imerys introduces circular kaolin for tire inner liners

Added: 25 Sep 2025

Company highlights “optimum barrier performance and low air permeability” properties

Italian compounder Taro Plast adds elastomer capacity

Added: 25 Sep 2025

New extrusion line at Ferrara factory to produce thermoplastic copolyester elastomers

Michelin rejects claims of offshoring, misuse of public aid in France

Added: 24 Sep 2025

French group says site closures reflect weak markets and competitiveness, not relocation

DP Seals joins McLaren ventilator team

Sumitomo Rubber to open US technical centre

Added: 24 Sep 2025

Operation will support product testing and design for North and South American tire markets

Sailun buying Vogue Tyre to gain premium segment foothold

Added: 24 Sep 2025

The 110-year-old brand joins Sailun as Chinese group pushes for 'greater prestige and reach'

Conti rolls out advanced sustainable’ bus tire

Added: 24 Sep 2025

Product launched with high share of renewable and recycled materials

NR demand, production grow amid low prices

Rubber futures dip ahead of Chinese holiday

Added: 23 Sep 2025

Market sentiment “weakened” following ‘lower-than-expected’ August industrial production in China’s…

Update: Linglong Group signs $800m deal for Kenya automotive parts plant

Added: 23 Sep 2025

MoU signed during Arise-IIP Kenya Investment Forum earlier this month

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies acquiring Austrian seals specialist DMH

Added: 23 Sep 2025

Traboch-based company supplies sealing systems, components and tools from three factories in Austri…

ETRMA welcomes EU guidance on vehicle data act, calls for ‘sector-specific’ leg

Added: 23 Sep 2025

European tire & rubber association urges tailored regulation for mobility sector

Biesterfeld extends distribution partnership with Kraiburg

Added: 23 Sep 2025

Hamburg-based group takes over Kraibon distribution rights in South Africa, UK

Revealed: The world's top 50 rubber product manufacturers for 2020

German rubber industry calls for ‘greater consideration’ for SMEs

Added: 23 Sep 2025

WDK urges collaboration with SMEs on “still unclear situation” regarding EUDR 

Hutchinson develops PFAS-free coating for valve sealing pads

Added: 23 Sep 2025

Lubritape-E launched as “sustainable alternative to PTFE film”

ECHA to consult on PFAS draft opinion in spring 2026

Added: 22 Sep 2025

European agency expects to complete evaluation of feedback by end of next year

German rubber association urges “burden moratorium” for SMEs

Elkem in “exclusive sales process” to divest silicones division

Added: 22 Sep 2025

Buyer described as “a major industrial player that has a significant presence in global chemicals i…

China’s 11-month tire production records first growth in 2020

China’s rubber, tire trade shows mixed trends in August

Added: 22 Sep 2025

Imports of natural, synthetic rubber rise sharply, while tire export volumes show modest growth 

TRA, Fighting Dirty press for reforms on UK waste tire regulation

Added: 22 Sep 2025

Industry experts highlight gap between circular economy goals and practice